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2008

• Finney Rutten, L.J., Augustson, E.M., Moser R.P., Doran, K., Hesse, B.W. Light and intermittent tobacco use: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003 and 2005). Nicotine and Tobacco Research (in press).



• Vanderpool, R., Kornfeld, J., Finney Rutten, L.J., Squiers, L. Cancer information seeking experience: The implication of Hispanic Ethnicity and Spanish Language. Journal of Cancer Education (in press).



• Finney Rutten, L.J., Augustson, E.M., Moser, R.P., Beckjord, E.B.Hesse, B.W. Smoking knowledge and behavior in the U.S.: Sociodemographic, smoking status, and geographic patterns. Nicotine and Tobacco Research (in press).



• Finney Rutten, LJ, Yaroch AL, Colón-Ramos, U., Atiena, AA Awareness, Use, and Perceptions of Low Carbohydrate Diets. Preventing Chronic Disease (In press).



• Finney Rutten, L.J., Hesse, B.W., Moser, R.P., McCaul, K., Rothman, A.J. Public understanding of cancer prevention, detection, and survival/cure: Comparison with state-of-science evidence for colon, skin, and lung Cancer. Journal of Cancer Education (In press).



• Koshiol J, Finney Rutten L,J. Moser R, Hesse N. Human papillomavirus knowledge by self-reported treatment for genital warts. Journal of Health Communication (In press).



• Coups, E. J., Hay, J., & Ford, J. S. (in press). Awareness of the role of physical activity in colon cancer prevention. Patient Education and Counseling.



• Silk, K. J., Westerman, C. K., Strom, R., & Andrews, K. (2008). The Role of Patient-Centeredness in Predicting Compliance with Mammogram Recommendations: An Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey, Communication Research Reports, 25(2), 1-14.



• Geiger TM, Miedema BW, Geana MV, Thaler K, Rangnekar NJ, Cameron GT. 2008. Improving rates for screening colonoscopy: Analysis of the health information national trends survey (HINTS I) data. Surg Endosc 22:527–533.



• Orom H, Coté ML, González HM, Underwood III W, Schwartz AG. 2008. Family History of Cancer: Is it an Accurate Indicator of Cancer Risk in the Immigrant Population? Cancer, 112(2), 399-406.

2007

• Arora NK, Hesse BW, Rimer BK, Viswanath K, Clayman ML, Croyle RT. 2007. Frustrated and Confused: The American Public Rates its Cancer-Related Information-Seeking Experiences. J Gen Intern Med Oct 6:[epub ahead of print].



• Beckjord EB, Finney Rutten LJ, Arora NK, Moser RP, & Hesse BW. Negative Affect and Cognitive Processing in the 2003 Health Information and National Trends Survey (HINTS). Health Psychology.



• Beckjord EB, Finney Rutten LJ, Squiers L, Arora NK, Volckmann L, Moser RP, Hesse BW. 2007. Use of the internet to communicate with health care providers in the United States: estimates from the 2003 and 2005 Health Information National Trends Surveys (HINTS). J Med Internet Res 9(3):e20.



• Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Peipins LA, White MC, & Nadel MR. (in press) Beliefs, Risk Perceptions, and Gaps in Knowledge as Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.



• Cheong PH, Feeley TH, Servoss T. 2007. Understanding health inequalities for uninsured Americans: a population-wide survey. J Health Commun 12(3):285-300.



• Coughlin SS, Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Tangka F. 2007. Breast and colorectal cancer screening and sources of cancer information among older women in the United States: results from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey. Prev Chronic Dis 4(3):A57.



• Han PK, Moser RP, Klein WM. 2007. Perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: associations with cancer-related perceptions and behaviours in a US population survey. Health Expect 10(4):321-36.



• Hawkins NA, Berkowitz Z, Peipins LA. 2007. What Does the Public Know About Preventing Cancer? Results From the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Health Educ Behav May 3:[epub ahead of print].



• Mayer DK, Terrin NC, Kreps GL, Menon U, McCance K, Parsons SK, Mooney KH. 2007. Cancer survivors information seeking behaviors: A comparison of survivors who do and do not seek information about cancer. Patient Educ Couns 65(3):342-50.
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• Mayer DK, Terrin NC, Menon U, Kreps GL, McCance K, Parsons SK, Mooney KH. 2007. Health behaviors in cancer survivors. Oncol Nurs Forum 34(3):643-51.
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• Mayer DK, Terrin NC, Menon U, Kreps GL, McCance K, Parsons SK, Mooney KH. 2007. Screening practices in cancer survivors. J Cancer Survivorship 1(1):17-26.



• Moser RP, McCaul K, Peters E, Nelson W, Marcus SE. 2007. Associations of perceived risk and worry with cancer health-protective actions: data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Psychol 12(1):53-65.



• Niederdeppe J, Levy AG. 2007. Fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention and three prevention behaviors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16(5):998-1003.



• Rains SA. 2007. Perceptions of traditional information sources and use of the world wide web to seek health information: findings from the health information national trends survey. J Health Commun 12(7):667-80.



• Rutten LF, Moser RP, Beckjord EB, Hesse BW, Croyle RT. 2007. Cancer Communication: Health Information National Trends Survey 2003 and 2005. Washington, D.C.: National Cancer Institute. NIH Pub. No. 07-6214.   [Order Copies]



• Stryker JE, Yaroch AL, Moser RP, Atienza A, Glanz K. 2007. Prevalence of sunless tanning product use and related behaviors among adults in the United States: Results from a national survey. J Am Acad Dermatol 56:387-90.



• Tiro JA, Meissner HI, Kobrin S, Chollette V. 2007. What do women in the U.S. know about human papillomavirus and cervical cancer? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16(2):288-94.



• Vanderpool R, Huang B, Shelton B. 2007. Seeking Cancer Information: An Appalachian Perspective. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice 2(1):79-100.

2006

• Atienza AA, Yaroch AL, Masse LC, Moser RP, Hesse BW, King AC. 2006. Identifying sedentary subgroups: the National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey. Am J Prev Med 31(5):383-90.



• Cairns CP, Viswanath K. 2006. Communication and colorectal cancer screening among the uninsured: data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (United States). Cancer Causes Control 17(9):1115-25.



• Cerully JL, Klein WM, McCaul KD. 2006. Lack of acknowledgment of fruit and vegetable recommendations among nonadherent individuals: associations with information processing and cancer cognitions. J Health Commun. 11 Suppl 1:103-15.



• Contractor N, Hesse BW 2006. Cyberinfrastructure for public health. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.



• Croyle RT. 2006. Special issue - The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Research from the baseline - Foreword. J Health Commun 11:v-v.



• Dillard AJ, McCaul KD, Klein WM. 2006. Unrealistic optimism in smokers: implications for smoking myth endorsement and self-protective motivation J Health Commun. 11 Suppl 1:93-102.



• Ford JS, Coups EJ, Hay JL. 2006. Knowledge of colon cancer screening in a national probability sample in the United States. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:19-35.



• Gray NJ, Klein JD. 2006. Adolescents and the Internet: health and sexuality information. Current Opinion in Obstetrics & Gynecology 18(5):519-24.



• Han PK, Moser RP, Klein WM. 2006. Perceived ambiguity about cancer prevention recommendations: relationship to perceptions of cancer preventability, risk, and worry. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:51-69.



• Hay J, Coups E, Ford J. Predictors of perceived risk for colon cancer in a national probability sample in the United States. J Health Commun. 2006;11 Suppl 1:71-92.



• Hesse B, Finney Rutten LJ, Beckjord E, Moser R. 2006. The Health Information National Trends Survey (Hints 2003, 2005): Surveillance of Cancer Prevention and Communication Constructs in the General U.S. Population. Proceedings from the UICC World Cancer Congress (July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC).



• Hesse BW, Moser RP, Rutten LJ, Kreps GL. 2006. The health information national trends survey: research from the baseline. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:vii-xvi.



• Ling BS, Klein WM, Dang Q. 2006. Relationship of communication and information measures to colorectal cancer screening utilization: results from HINTS. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:181-90.



• Lustria MLA, Burke DE, Kyunghye K, Nahyun K, Case DO. 2006. Health information seeking in the E-health era: Evidence from the National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting 43:6p.



• McQueen A, Vernon SW, Meissner HI, Klabunde CN, Rakowski W. 2006. Are there gender differences in colorectal cancer test use prevalence and correlates? Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15(4):782-91.



• Nguyen GT, Bellamy SL. 2006. Cancer information seeking preferences and experiences: disparities between Asian Americans and Whites in the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:173-80.



• Rakowski W, Meissner H, Vernon SW, Breen N, Rimer B, Clark MA. 2006. Correlates of repeat and recent mammography for women ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15(11):2093-101.



• Ramanadhan S, Viswanath K. 2006. Health and the information nonseeker: a profile. Health Commun 20(2):131-9.



• Ratzan SC. 2006. Special issue - The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Research from the baseline. J Health Commun 11:iii-iv.



• Rutten LJ, Augustson E, Wanke K. 2006. Factors associated with patients' perceptions of health care providers' communication behavior. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:135-46.



• Rutten LJ, Squiers L, Hesse B. 2006. Cancer-related information seeking: hints from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:147-56.



• Shim M, Kelly B, Hornik R. 2006. Cancer information scanning and seeking behavior is associated with knowledge, lifestyle choices, and screening. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:157-72.



• Squiers L, Bright MA, Rutten LJ, Atienza AA, Treiman K, Moser RP, Hesse B. 2006. Awareness of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:117-33.



• Stoddard JL, Augustson EM. 2006. Smokers who use Internet and smokers who don't: Data from the Health Information and National Trends Survey (HINTS). Nicotine Tob Res 8(Suppl 1):S77-S85.



• Viswanath K, Breen N, Meissner H, Moser RP, Hesse B, Steele WR, Rakowski W. 2006. Cancer knowledge and disparities in the information age. J Health Commun 11 Suppl 1:1-17.



• Zajac LE, Klein WM, McCaul KD. Absolute and comparative risk perceptions as predictors of cancer worry: moderating effects of gender and psychological distress. J Health Commun. 2006;11 Suppl 1:37-49.3.

2005

• Finney Rutten LJ, Meissner HI, Breen N, Vernon SW, Rimer BK. 2005. Factors associated with men's use of prostate-specific antigen screening: evidence from Health Information National Trends Survey. Prev Med 40(4):461-8.



• Finney Rutten LJ, Wanke K, Augustson E. 2005. Systems and individual factors associated with smoking status: evidence from HINTS. Am J Health Behav 29(4):302-10.



• Hesse BW, Nelson DE, Kreps GL, Croyle RT, Arora NK, Rimer BK, Viswanath K. 2005. Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends Survey. Arch Intern Med 165(22):2618-24.



• Mayer DK. 2005. Cancer Survivors Health Information Seeking Behaviors. Abstr Academy Health Meet 22:abstract no. 4415.



• Weinstein, N. D., Marcus, S. E., & Moser, R. P. 2005. Smokers' unrealistic optimism about their risk. Tobacco Control. 2005 Feb 14(1):55-59.

2004

• Freimuth VS. 2004. The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, design, and dissemination. J Health Commun 9(5):483-4.



• Nelson DE, Kreps GL, Hesse BW, Croyle RT, Willis G, Arora NK, Rimer BK, Viswanath KV, Weinstein N, Alden S. 2004. The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, design, and dissemination. J Health Commun 9(5):443-60; discussion 81-4.



• Randolph WM, Hesse BW, Viswanath K. 2004. Mass media and the cultivation of risk perceptions, helplessness and behavioral uncertainty in cancer risk. [Abstract] Proceedings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 25th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions.



• Rizzo L, Brick JM, Park I. 2004. A minimally intrusive method for sampling persons in random digit dial surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly 68(2):267-74.



• Rutten LJ, Wanke K, Augustson E. 2004. Systems and individual factors associated with smoking status: Evidence from Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 13(11):1902S.



• Yach D. 2004. The Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): Development, design, and dissemination. J Health Commun 9(5):481-2.